Social Worker - Eating Disorders Track - Partial Hospitalization Program - Westchester Behavioral Health

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Social Worker - Eating Disorders Track - Partial Hospitalization Program

The Adult Partial Hospital Program (PHP) provides comprehensive evaluation and intensive, short-term treatment to adults 18 years of age and older with acute psychiatric illnesses, including eating disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and personality disorders, and psychotic illness. The goals of the program are to avoid or step down from an inpatient hospitalization. It is a group-based program that provides a structured, supportive environment for those who can live in the community and be treated outside of the inpatient setting.

Experience a place where your discipline is immensely respected. As a Social Worker in the Adult Partial Hospital Program in the eating disorders track, you will work closely with an interdisciplinary team to provide individual, family and group psychotherapy and discharge planning to adult patients with eating disorders who also have various co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses. The Partial Hospital Program is a rapid-paced, brief, intensive treatment program.

This is a full-time, Monday through Friday, 8am-4pm position.

Preferred Criteria

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

• 3 to 5 years of experience in the treatment of adult psychiatric patients

• Experience with eating disorders or commitment to working with this population

• Training in CBT and/or DBT

Required Criteria

• Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW)

• Limited Permit (must supply exam date prior to start of employment)

• Fieldwork or previous experience in a psychiatric setting using CBT and/or DBT

• Competency in individual, family and group treatment modalities and treatment techniques appropriate to an acute outpatient treatment setting

• Knowledge base of bio-psychosocial model, DSM-V diagnoses, criteria for treatment of different diagnoses in an acute care setting, behavioral risk factors and of the impact of mental illness upon individual and family functioning

• Knowledge base of community and discharge planning resources and processes

• Experience using an electronic medical record

Join a healthcare system where employee engagement is at an all-time high. Here we foster a culture of respect, belonging, and inclusion. Enjoy comprehensive and competitive benefits that support you and your family in every aspect of life. Start your life-changing journey today.

Please note that all roles require on-site presence (variable by role). Therefore, all employees should live within a commutable distance to NYP.

NYP will not reimburse for travel expenses.

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